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Re: Type 45 etc

If one is going to build a 45 tube it should probably meet fairly closely the parameters set by RCA who engineered the 45. That a company can make a tube which is called a "45" but has much different dissipation and who knows what other differences (heater current, inter electrode capacitance, etc.) is, in my opinion, cavalier. That is to say not paying any heed to the characteristics that would qualify the tube to be a Type 45 tube in the first place. Cavalier - showing willful disregard. Just saying a tube is a 45 or branding it so does not make it a 45. Thus my usage of the word cavalier.


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